Nico Tarosyan and Olga Samosvatov will have a chuppah in a “festive public ceremony” in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square on Tu B’Av (Aug 4th), in part to raise awareness about the lack of civil marriage in Israel and the fact that they, and many other Jews from the FSU and elsewhere who are not recognized as Jews by the rabbinate, are thus legally unable to marry at all.
Omri Casspi is the first Israeli to join the NBA. When told they also have hummus in the US, he replied, “Man, I tried it… I will bring some from Israel, maybe. I’ll let you taste it and you tell me.”
According to one survey, 80% of secular Israelis and 59% of Israelis overall define their level of Judaic knowledge and Jewish heritage as mediocre or lower.
2 thoughts on “Mishegaas, Israeli Culture Edition”
Right on in bringing back mishegaas, Danya.
I’ve seen the Western Wall tweet prayers news item everywhere. I think it’s very odd. Doesn’t God have a Twitter account directly? I mean, it makes the same amount of sense. O’ Israel, how idolatry follows you everywhere.
Madonna’s going to be writing an article for Israeli daily Yediot Achronot called “How My Life Changed,” about, you know, Kabbalah and stuff.
Madonna’s going to be 
Right on in bringing back mishegaas, Danya.
I’ve seen the Western Wall tweet prayers news item everywhere. I think it’s very odd. Doesn’t God have a Twitter account directly? I mean, it makes the same amount of sense. O’ Israel, how idolatry follows you everywhere.
The Kotel has always been on the cutting edge. Remember when we used to be able to fax our prayers to the kotel?